Given name
Alleta
“small and winged”
Alleta is a variant of Aleda. One Latin interpretation is “small and winged.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alleta is a variant of Aleda. One Latin interpretation is “small and winged.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Alleta is a variant of Aleda. An origin associated with Aleda is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alleta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 105
- 0 boys · 105 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1946. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 127 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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